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Central Michigan earned its third Mid-American Conference Tournament title overall and first since 1984.
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Sophomore Crystal Bradford was named Tournament MVP after averaging 18.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per game. She has earned All-Tournament honors in each of her first two seasons.
Bradford became just the second player in program history to be named MAC Tournament MVP, joining Latanga Cox from the Chippewas' last championship team in 1984.
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Seniors Jessica Schroll and Brandie Baker were each named to the All-Tournament team, marking the second-straight season CMU had three players named to the squad.
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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A Yonkers developer has submitted plans to city's Planning Office for construction of the first phase of its one-mile-long waterfront promenade along the Hudson River, a company official said Monday.
Daniel Simone, who is director of engineering and planning for AVR Realty Corp., said the company has submitted the first-phase site plans for the promenade.
He said that the submitted plans call for review of one-third of the promenade, to be built with brick pavers, with a wood-chip pathway to make up the rest of the mile for now.
The Planning Board is expected to review the plans at its next meeting in September. Simone said he would also appear before the Ulster Planning Board on Aug. 19 to explain the plan.
The Kingston Planning Board is lead agency on the promenade project, and the city will seek bids for its construction.
Simone said the first phase will make its way from the town of Ulster border into Kingston. The company hopes that construction can start in the spring and be completed in the fall.
The construction will run from the town of Ulster and into the city, Simone said.
Simone said the promenade will be open for public use once the first phase is completed. Gravel public parking lots will be established off John Street in the town of Ulster and off North Street in Kingston, Simone said.
Simone said the company is hoping that the construction of the promenade will give a "kick start" to the selling of housing units.
Mayor Shayne Gallo said he believes the promenade will boost the city's tourism, adding customers to retail stores and restaurants. He also said the promenade would serve as a "connector" to other rail trails being developed.
When more tourists come to Kingston, Gallo said, sales tax increases are enjoyed by the city.
In December, officials announced that the city would be getting $12 million toward construction of the promenade, with the developers kicking in a match.
AVR plans to build a housing complex, known as the Hudson Landing, at the former Tilcon Inc. property between the town of Ulster and Kingston. The Hudson Landing is to comprise 1,658 housing units.
Site plans for the housing complex have not been submitted yet. Simone said Monday the company is still awaiting a better housing market before those plans are submitted.
He didn't think that would happen until perhaps the end of 2014. But Simone said the promenade will be a significant selling point.
At the time of the grant award in December, Gallo said the funding, despite being smaller than desired, would help bring the promenade project to fruition.
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The Wizard of Oz was one of my favorite movies growing up as a child. I must have watched that video at least 1000 times. I could recite every word. But the first time I ever saw the movie was when my mother took me to see it in the movie theater when I was young. I remember her telling me this was HER favorite movie as a little girl so I was all set to love it.
Instead, when the neighbor (?), in one of the early scenes - the black and white ones - goes flying by the window, and then there is a witch on a broom? I screamed so loud my mom had to take me out of the movie theater and I refused to go back in. She was mad because the movies had cost her $10 and she had dropped her candy.
It was only a few years later that I even realized the movie was in color!
I thought I was Dorothy. I thought I wore ruby red slippers in my dreams. I was deathly afraid of the Wicked Witch and wildly in love with Glenda, the good Witch. I was terrified of the flying monkies, and I never understood the man behind the curtain.The tin man was my favorite, because he looked so sad, and yet I knew he couldn't be sad because after all the didn't have a heart. I thought the lion was annoying because he was whimpy and the scarecrow just silly. I loved Toto and the way that Dorothy said "oh Toto" I would hold my stuffed dog in the mirror, cock my head like Judy Garland and practice "Oh Toto!" and "Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?"When I was a teenager we would watch the movie from time to time - mostly looking for the lost soul who supposedly killed himself by hanging during the making of the movie and back then they didn't have computer editing so the tragedy stayed in the movie. I never did see that though.
I coudln't bring myself to watch the newly re-colored version. If I ever have kids maybe some day but that just seems indecent to me.
I always wondered which one I was lacking in most - brain, heart, nerve. Probably nerve. Hmm!
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I too enjoyed watching The Wizard Of Oz....many times growing up. This is a great story. I would say that with age comes the ability to use a brain. heart and nerves:)
The Wizard of Oz is truly one of the best classic movies ever. I am so glad to see that young and old are still enjoying it. I saw it only on black and white TV when growing up. So when color TV came to being you can imagine my surprise when Dorothy opened the door of the house when she landed in Oz and it was in color. It just took my breath away. Oh my goodness it's in color. I just about teared up it was such a thrill. I was lacking the nerve to go along with my big heart and medium brain.
the ugly witch in color must have been a huge shock. She gave me nightmares!!!
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They're Not Sheepish on the Lamb's Ear
The next time you're around a lamb's ear--no, not the animal, the plant (Stachys byzantina)--watch for buzzing bees.
Especially the European wool carder bees (Anthidium manicatum). The females card the fuzz from the soft, silvery-gray leaves for their nests. Both the males and females sip nectar from the blossoms.
The males are quite territorial and bodyslam honey bees and other foraging insects. They're trying to save the sweet nectar for the females and mate with them.
It was windy this morning in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It didn't seem to bother the patrolling European wool carder bees. But their presence--and the body slams--bothered the honey bees.
The haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, is open from dawn to dusk. There is no admission.
European wool carder bee nectaring on Lamb's Ear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of European wool carder bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees are quite distinguishable from European wool carder bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European Wool Carder Bees Aren't Slow Pokes
Don't ever call the European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) a slow poke. It's not "as fast as a speeding bullet" (Superman), but close.
The males, quite territorial, chase away other pollinators, including honey bees, sweat bees and butterflies.
The European wool carder bee gets it name from the fact that females collect or "card" leaf fuzz for their nests. Today we watched the bees sip nectar from our catmint blossoms and mate.
If you've never seen them in California, that's because they haven't been here that long. Originating from Europe, these bees became established in New York in 1963, and began spreading west. Bee scientists first recorded them in California (Sunnyvale) in 2007.
Like to attract them to your yard? Plant lamb's ear (Stachys byzantia) and catmint (Nepeta).
European wool carder bee darts through catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mating European wool carder bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
After mating, these European wool carder bees broke away at lightning speed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Aggressor
Talk about aggression. Talk about bullying. Talk about power maneuvers.
Ever seen male European wool carder bees (Anthidium manicutum) defend their territory? Ever seen them chase away other pollinators while they're hunting for prospective mates?
We've seen them target and bodyslam carpenter bees, alfalfa butterflies, leafcutter bees, sweat bees and honey bees while they're nectaring such blossoms as catmint, salvia and lamb's ear.
"Indeed, male wool carder bees are pretty aggressive in their hunt for females and in defense of their territories," commented native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis.
Once the male carder bee spots a female of his own species, he quickly races up to mate with her. He is aggressive with her, too.
The wool carder bee, so named because the female "cards" or removes plant fuzz to line her nest, is a native of Europe. The species was introduced to the United States (New York) in 1963, and was first identified in California (Sunnyvale) in 2007.
So, it's a relatively newcomer engaging in old ways.
Fact is, the European wool carder bee and the honey bee grew up together in the Old World and now they're realigning in the New World. (European colonists brought the honey bee to America--Jamestown colony--in 1662.)
Last weekend we watched a particularly aggresive male European wool carder bee target a honey bee while she was nectaring catmint (Nepeta). He hovered in mid-air like a helicopter and then suddenly attacked. The force of the impact toppled him over. Then, she, too, collapsed from the blow.
She dropped through the catmint leaves and lingered there for a moment before cautiously emerging. Whoa! What was that? Then she quickly buzzed off.
Undaunted, the male circled where she'd been, looking for any sign of movement.
There will be another time.
Male European carder bee (left) targets a honey bee on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male European wool carder bee scores a direct hit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The force knocks over the male European carder bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The impact levels the honey bee. She emerges from the blow as the male European carder bee circles to attack again. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up, Close and Personal
The wool carder bees (Anthidium manicatum), so named because the females collect or "card" plant fuzz for their nests, move quickly. The males, more aggressive and very territorial, move even faster.
The wool carder bee is an Old World bee introduced into the United States (New York) in 1963. It was first discovered in California (Sunnyvale) in 2007.
Today we spotted one in our Vacaville yard that didn't seem to be in much of a hurry.
In fact, it sidled up to the catmint (Nepeta) and appeared to be having a conversation. No, not with an empty chair. With a mint leaf.
Girl bee?
No, said native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and one of the instructors at the annual Bee Course at the Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Ariz.; this year's course takes place Sept. 10-20.)
"This one is a boy bee," Thorp said. "Note the prominent golden fringe hairs along the side of the abdomen and the edge of the tooth-like processes at the tip of the abdomen. Also the lower part of the face (the clypeus) is mostly yellow."
So there you have it, a boy bee!
I'm still wondering why he wasn't body-slamming the honey bees and engaging in other aggressive and territorial escapades.
Male European wool carder bee heads for a catmint (Nepeta) leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male European wool carder bee on catmint (Nepeta). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Hole for One
During the day, European wool carder bees (so named because the females collect or "card" plant fuzz for their nests) forage on our catmint and lamb's ear.
These bees, Anthidium manicatum, are about the size of a honey bee, but with striking yellow and black markings. From Europe and fairly new to the United States, they became established in New York in 1963, and then began spreading west. Eventually this exotic species made its way to California. Bee scientists first identified it in California (Sunnyvale) in 2007.
"The females nest in convenient cavities such as old beetle holes and hollow stems," according native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor entomology at UC Davis. Its plant preferences include lamb's ear (Stachys byzantine, in the mint family Lamiaceae), a perennial grown for its fuzzy, silvery gray-green foliage.
At night, the females return to their nests. But for the boys, it's the boys' night out.
The "boy bees," as Thorp calls them, "sleep wherever they can."
Every night and early morning, we see a male sleeping inside one of our native bee condos. This particular condo, located several feet above our catmint patch, is drilled with "large" holes to accommodate the blue orchard bee (Osmia), a mason bee. The holes really aren't that large, but they are compared to our bee condo for the smaller leafcutting bees.
For awhile, our mason bee condo drew nothing but earwigs. Not one blue orchard bee (BOB).
Now we have a exotic species sleeping in a native bee condo.
What a treat! At least we have one tenant!
When we took his picture in the early morning, the European wool carder bee didn't budge. Guess he's saving his energy to chase the girls around in the catmint patch.
This bee condo, meant for blue orchard bees, is attracting a European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a sleeping European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, in flight, heading for lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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Stocks eased off their highs in the final minutes of trading to close narrowly mixed Tuesday, with the Dow logging its fifth-straight day lower. But losses were limited as handful of retailers and as bond yields receded from two-year highs.
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The S&P 500 gained 6.29 points to end at 1,652.35. And the Nasdaq rose 24.50 points to finish at 3,613.59.
. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, finished below 15.
The Dow and S&P 500 are on pace for their worst month since May 2012.
Among key S&P sectors, consumer discretionary and financials led the gainers, while consumer staples finished slightly lower.
With no major economic news, investors have been focusing on when the Federal Reserve will start scaling back stimulus effort. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped near 2.83 percent after hitting a fresh two-year high of 2.90 percent on Monday.
"If you buy bond funds now, you're guaranteed to lose money whereas if you buy stocks, you still have a chance to make money," said Dan Veru, CIO of Palisade Capital Management. "We're going through this adjustment period of rates coming back up and that process can sometimes create headwinds for the market. And given we had no significant pullbacks for the market this year, we could be vulnerable to some setbacks."
Global markets took a hit from worries about reduced Fed stimulus. European markets were lower across the board.
In Asia, emerging market stocks extended their sharp losses. Indonesia's Jakarta Composite fell nearly 5 percent, placing it in bear market territory, having lost approximately 22 percent from May's all-time record high. And Thailand's benchmark SET Index dropped nearly 3 percent.
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Japan's Nikkei closed at a near two-month low and China's Shanghai Composite fell 0.6 percent.
"The market did an excellent job of ignoring the overseas market damage this morning," wrote Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus. "If the market can have strong close today, my upside target is the gap at 1,685 on the S&P. We really don't want to get there too fast. Many damaged sectors and names need time to repair themselves. A rally in the S&P back to the recent high at 1,709 that is accompanied by numerous negative divergences would not be healthy for the market."
Meanwhile, several retailers bucked the recent downbeat earnings trend. Best Buy surged to lead the S&P 500 gainers after the consumer electronics retailer easily topped Wall Street expectations.
Urban Outfitters soared after the specialty retailer posted earnings that beat expectations. At least four brokerages lifted their price targets on the company.
JCPenney posted sales that continued to fall sharply last quarter, but the troubled retailer said the back-to-school season has so far been "encouraging." The company also said sales trend had improved every month in the quarter. Shares traded higher.
And Dow component Home Depot posted second quarter earnings that topped expectations and raise its full-year guidance, citing the rebounding housing market.
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Analog Devices and Intuit are among notable companies scheduled to post earnings after the closing bell.
Apple dipped after S&P Capital IQ downgraded the iPhone maker to "buy" from "strong buy." S&P Capital IQ equity analyst Scott Kessler said the stock was nearing his target price of $550, and noted that it had already risen 30 percent off a low set on June 27.
Sony will release its PlayStation 4 console on November 15 in North America. The company said pre-orders for the new console has already exceeded one million.
Barclays declined after a U.S. appeals court said investors may revive a lawsuit that alleges the bank misled them about its subprime mortgage exposure.
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A gelid December morning at Old Trafford. The water vapour in my breath condenses into droplets which look like a small cloud. The Christmas trees in the Lodge are nothing but appropriate. Summer, whether the last one or the next, seem distant indeed on such days. It is not so long ago that a county cricket club was manned by a skeleton staff at this time of year. Nobody expected to see cricketers around the place
The modern club - a business, of course - is very different and nowhere is the change more noticeable at Lancashire's home than in the indoor school where the mood is purposeful, busy, intent. Healthy foods are laid out for players and coaches alike and three of the lanes are occupied. Behind the nets a weights session is taking place under the supervision of the county's strength and conditioning coach Phil Scott. Then the players are taken to do exhausting shuttle runs up the steps of one of the stands. The figure of Jack Simmons lumbers across my mind.
At the end of their final session the cricketers are steaming like racehorses on the Lambourn downs, no one more so than the permanently coltish Tom Smith, a player whose list of injuries in recent seasons rivals that of a Group One thoroughbred. Another image, that of Smith limping round the Fenners pavilion with an ice-pack strapped to his thigh, flits into my head. This morning, though, the 26-year-old all-rounder is his typically cheerful self, happy to chat and carefully optimistic about the future.
"We're doing things a little differently this winter," he said. "We've all got individual programmes and there's been a lot more skill work. Then it'll be more team-orientated in the new year. So far, I think all the lads would agree that it's been a very productive winter. My own work has focused a lot on my batting. There were a few technical issues I had to sort out, really just tinkering with a few little bits and bobs, but it's going okay at the moment.
Very high on Smith's wishlist when he lets in 2013 will be an injury-free season, although he knows that such things are not achieved by crossing one's fingers and hoping like hell. Injury was primarily responsible for restricting one of the most naturally talented cricketers on Lancashire's staff to just 20 appearances in all formats last summer, and while those outings included a 44-ball century at Worcester in the CB40, they also featured just eight successes with the ball. Getting Smith on the park from April to September is a major priority
"I must admit that the last two years have been very frustrating but we're very lucky in that we have a very good medical team here and they've put a lot of effort into getting me fit," he said. "We're now trying a couple of new things and I've got my own programme that I have to do before every day. Basically - simple as it sounds - it's a series of leg strengthening and stretching exercises, all of them specific to my hamstring, so that next season I'll be fit and strong.
"Phil Scott has come in and he's working us very hard which is good for us. My own aim is to play as a major all-rounder in all forms. I haven't really bowled much in one-day cricket over the past couple of years and that's partly down to myself because I haven't bowled that well to be honest. But it's something I want to go back to doing.
Smith is also happy to put the work in at home, although he hasn't completely ruled out a short trip abroad this winter. "A group of players are away and it's good as a youngster to go to other countries and experience different conditions," he said. "But as you get older you're happy to stay at home because you can tinker with things just as well here as you can away. We're quite happy working on our games here as we've got a good set up."
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I am going to run a separate simulation on a model I do have bill data for, the issue is that the take offs are block zones, I wanted to run a Room by room analysis so I used a floor floor plan I had. Here is a the report from open studio legacy. The main issue is with the reports is my site energy use and modeling internal plug loads in legacy, openstudio I think has more flexibility but i want to understand legacy first. Maybe I should add a discussion instead of comments...I might set one up once I have an analysis for block vs. Room by Room summaries.
Sean, it might help to first model an existing building, with actual data to compare your model results against. At least one with a year's worth of gas and electricity usage. You mention 216345.05 of Site Energy Usage. Is this total BTU/year?
I simulated millions of square feet of commercail buildings with DOE2 back in the 90's, but that was many moons ago. As I recall, one of the limitations I found with DOE2 was that is didn't handle air flow between zones very well. For example, if there was an exhaust air flow in a zone, the thermal model assumed the outside air entered that zone to be either heated or cooled, rather than drawing its air from surrounding rooms. I also seem to recall I could not assign a schedule to how infiltration entered the spaces, or relate infiltration to outside wind speeds, and had to rely on the outside air schedules in the HVAC system. I found that accurately modeling a residential home can be more difficult than accurately modeling a large commercial building. For these reason, your model might be more accurate if you used blocks instead of trying to accurately draw each room.
That being said, I like how SketchUp can provide a visual image of the surfaces and zones that are being modeled.
Keep us up to date on your progress.
Can you describe your data acquisition method and sensor type/location. I just completed 24 months of hourly monitoring on a passive solar residential building and have a Very large excel file of data that has been evaluated in many different ways. This buildings' energy use was modeled using HOT 2000, prior to construction, in 1993. We have since modeled with Eplus and Greenbuild Studio, only to find that passive solar contributions are not recognized by Eplus & GbStudio.
Our wireless monitoring equipment measures hourly conditions for: all heating zone temps and humidy, gas to boiler & dhw, electric consumption , insolation, wind speed and direction. We have found that the actual building axillary energy requirements were not very well represented by conventional modeling tools, but found that HOT 2000 did a respectable job of identifying the 40% solar contribution that was disregarded by the other tools. Forty percent is a huge margin of error and I am wondering if anyone else has encountered the same issues that we have? This building is in CZ-6 with lots of sunny days>
Well I got through the modeling portion of learning, now troubleshooting the reports and analysis inputs from the DOE2.2 engine. I decided to to do a detailed room by room load analysis, instead of a block load, it ended up giving me a 216345.05 Site Energy Usage for 2355 sqft?? I am wondering if doing a block load analysis will give me a smaller load. I also will run the simulation against Energy Pro5 and AutoDesk Green Building Studio to compare results.
Sounds like a fair question to me. I'd like to know more about using Sketch-Up with EnergyPlus.
Anyone else in this group use EnergyPlus Legacy plug-in for the Sketch up or any DOE-2.2 engines? Is this the best group to ask this question to?
Although this is not a residential building, this graph tracks the reduction in energy consumption that we have been able to achieve for the headquarters building that I work in. The energy savings were achieved by adjusting the settings on the building control system to reduce the minimum air flow settings on the variable air volume boxes and turn off the fans during unoccupied hours.
Documented 19% overall energy savings in nine residential homes that participated in our "Reduce Your Use" contest.
The winner reduced their January through March consumption by 35% by replacing their windows, sealing air leaks and turning off their hot tub.
Winners were determined imperically using the average monthly temperature approach described in this discussion forum. Baseline energy use was established based on a linear correlation of the home's normalized energy consumption for 2008-09 and 2009-10 winters. The actual energy consumed during the past three months was compared to two year's of average monthly energy use when the average temperature was below 45F.
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Hey ya, thanks for dropping by Good job on the studies here, keep it up!
Tuner people, not Turner.
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Keep it up with the studies and keep on goinn!
Something I'd suggest is a little more interaction? Either between the dragon and knight or the dragon and the viewer. As it stands right now in profile view, the dragon itself is a bit boring and generic.
Haha, but I can definitely see improvement.
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I like when you are doing naked studies.
And the color combination on the last dragon
painting is exquisite.
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Thanks for all of the encouragement everyone! Here are more studies; I finally got a lamp so expect to see more self portraits / still life soon.
I'm also going to be doing the ConceptArt 101 assignments this month.
Cool enviro's, characters and figures! keep it up man
Thanks odayga, definitely will! Here's a self portrait I just did, took about an hour and a half. First semi-successful self portrait in COLOR. I put it beside one I tried in the fall of last year, to show comparison.
Real big leap in quality between the two self portraits! The second one looks great and has some nice value. Nice work man.
great stuff going on in here. i was just telling one of my friends about your sb earlier cause i think your growth is tremendous!
one thing i want to encourage is working on the economy of your drawings. the more times you draw over the less alive things will look. the same thing with color. even if you take an extra minute to think about the color or line you are about to put down, realise that its important to try to get down something that you are confident about.
that psychological confidence shows in our work in a major way. if we dont make confident moves then our mark making will not convince our audience.
Hop over to Jaime Jones' website and take a look at his economy. Ide say that he is a great example of what i mean.
Exquisite self portraits.
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Hey bro, a year's work and your sp's have improved a lot. For your female faces, would maybe suggest to soften their jaws a touch, this should make them appear more graceful =) Okay, that's all I have to say for the moment, guud luck for the next year's worth of improvement Jeremy =)
Update more!
Nice improvement on the SP
Haha good load of figures, but the thing that bothers me about them are the stiffness, and the feet. Make sure you watch that next time you do them.
Rawr more updates! Loving your figures! keep it up dude.
fuck yeah man! lookin good.
Thanks everyone, I definitely do need to work on my line economy.
I have been busy job-hunting and transitioning to life in Florida (which isn't so easy for me)
but I think I'm going to be back into the regular swing soon. I still need a desk and my art
supplies, but I'm going to make do with my tablet for now and printer paper, but no scanner
here yet either. I'll try to put up a lot of digital stuff soon. I am going to do some fan art
and some concepts for a friend, and maybe turn his short story into a graphic novel or
storyboard. I'm excited for the next month of working. Anyway, here's a study from Tangled.
fucking awesome dude.
so, did you move to fl by yourself?
Nice study, push the values a little more and flesh it out your doing great. keep on going. Hows florida treating you?
Hey bro, hope Florida works out for you! =) Maybe a slightly harder brush for your works, could add a bit of an edge to things. In any case, keep pushing yourself, but have fun! =)
Study from Tangled looks great.
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I dropped by here a couple of times but for some reason I haven't left feedback since I got back.
Which is odd, because I always liked your work and your motivation and it's awesome to see it has improved so much, the latest SP really shows it.
Did you post the Tangled study in the screencap challenge thread by Andrew Sonea? You should! The dress and the water reflection are awesome.
Keep it up, will drop by again
Aryeh: Thanks man!
Odayga: Thanks, I'll definitely push the values in my next photo study
kungfoowiz: Thanks dude; I think the problem is that I need to just go back in and clean up edges because I do use a hard brush,
and also the images lose quality on here because I use tinypic.
LtPlissken: Thanks!
Ariel9: Thank you so much, and I was unaware of the challenge : /
Here's just a quick study; it has some minor drawing mistakes but it was mainly for me to warm my hand up (I've been so busy job hunting and getting used to Florida that I'm starting to hate myself for not drawing enough : 0 )
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Beautiful painting : )
Thank you odayga : )
Here's a new character concept I did
Portrait warmup? WTH! =) That's so awesome, I just started a folder for you now, hahaha! Thx's! =)
Reminds me of Voldemort :X
kungfoowiz: Thanks man, that's extremely flattering! You really keep motivating me with your kind words.
odayga: I've heard people say it reminds them of an alien, Voldemort, etc. haha. I actually had none of that in mind when I did it, but sweet : P
Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, my internet was down for over a month, and I've been moving houses, moving rooms, job hunting, and being sick. Life threw a curve ball at me, but I'm still working on stuff. Here's a small update, and I plan to keep this updated every week at least.
This is a study of my pencil sharpener, and a character sheet for the new ChOW I plan to participate in.
missed ya man. but its good to see ya been workin!
Voldemort and aliens huh? I was thinking Slenderman's cousin who drives a motorcycle.
Anyway, nice studies! I see what you were trying to do with the cast shadow of the sharpener, but the edges aren't transitioning right. You've got a hard edge and a soft edge that starts surrounding it, but the hard edge should transform into the soft edge. Also, seeing as how the beginning of the shadow is completely hard and black, I doubt the cast would disperse that quickly or completely. It gets softer as it moves from the source, but usually not that strongly.
Keep working hard, and good luck with the moving and all that stuff!
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While it is never great to lose a loved one, it is wonderful that you chose to blanket yourself with the "best" times and memories. All to often we forget how precious life is and tend to focus on mostly the negitives ( giving little thought to all the positives) I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Gosh, I envy the people that are close to their fathers. My father and I have grown apart, he told me he truly doesn't believe in me, and doesn't feel I can accomplish what I want in life. It hurts when a loved one says this, I only wish we had what we once did before.
Alex, your dad sounds awful. You sound like a better father to your son, now, than your father was to you. I don't mean to insult your father. Maybe you did terrible things that just caused him to lash out like that, but not being supportive of one's own child is wrong, in my opinion.
No offense to him again, but don't listen to him. You can be whatever you put your mind to. Everyone has big regrets, from your stories it sounds as though you've overcome some real episodes in your life. Compared to you my life is a piece of cake, yet I still complain ;)
It seems like if a parent gives up on a child, who's left? It's just wrong.
I still have my Dad, but we almost lost him not long ago. It made me appreciate him much more, and all the old bitterness seemed to fade away.
Your Dad will always be alive in your heart, and somewhere he's aware of you. You have all those happy memories.
I must say -- out of respect for your dad -- he brought up some STUNNINGLY beautiful daughters.
Kevin you're a dollbaby. :) I miss him terribly. I had a wondeful father. There is something special about a bond between a dad and his daughters. The protector, the hero. He was the only male in the house ;)
The way you describe your memories of him growing up and even beyond (slipping the dollars behind your mum's back) describes perfectly what a wonderful father he was. Lovely to read how you treasure your memories.
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OK, gang this is it! Two weeks to go.
I for one am incredibly excited, still on board, ready to finish this round. Getting compliments, wearing clothes I haven't fit into for years, literally. Body For Life works, and what they say is true -- it is a total transformation, from the inside out. Incredible....
Anyway, how are you doing, Emma and tmgdreamsm ? And everyone else? Good luck to all!
hi everyone. well i have had a bad week. missed the gym cheated on the food. but started a fresh today and feel good again. ive upped my gym sessions for the last 2 weeks however after the 2 weeks i am gonna continue the challange ragime up until christmas. then i can have as much alcohol and christmas food as i like lol. hope everyone else is doing well. 2 weeks to push x x (WOO HOO) thats for you pam x
Hi I'm hangin in too. The pounds are staying but I cannot believe how much healthier I feel durring hiit. Wow! I can actually jog for several minutes. I feel great. Life is so busy but my energy level is enough that I can keep up. It's unbelievable. I have 50 or so pounds yet to lose. I have momentum though, there is no comparison to what I felt like when I started 10 weeks ago. It is a little overwhelming to think about 50 more pounds at least 2 more challenges.
When I started walking 3.3 mph was moderate with 3.9mph was my high. I had to jog at 4mph (I couldn't walk that fast.) very soon 4mph will be my low- moderate. 5mph is my high point with 3.5 incline. I think I need to up that a little I wasn't feeling like I was going to keel-over when I finished this morning.
I know sometimes the scale doesn't cooperate with progress so I need to see it in other places, like fittness and inches.
I need to drink a lot more water. Good luck to you all. Can you see the light?(notice the pun?)
TMGdreamsm -- Great job! Sounds like all your hard work is paying off, if energy levels are high, and fitness is increasing.... I wouldn't worry about having to confront more challenges ahead to lose the weight you want, we all have to face that.... I think if this is to be a LIFE change, we have to take on challenge after challenge until it is really second nature.
Woo Hoo Emma! I am with you, have to stay strong through Christmas season!
These past two weeks I have let up a bit, body really tired and achy, perhaps overtraining? Anyway, I am still fitter than ever, run faster and further and lighter on me feet that ever (4 miles on the treadmill this morning), so that is really encouraging.
Have lost weight, down three sizes, GREAT. Would love to lose 10 more pounds, so fully intend to stay with this for at least another Challenge. BODY FOR LIFE, right?
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I am starting my next challenge on the 6th. I guess it is recommended to take an active rest for one week.
BFL journal? I'll have to check that out.
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What is your opinion on using names that may be on their way out? I tend to like fairly "normal" names in the top 100, if not the top 50. There has been a name I have liked since the mid-80s, when a friend of a friend had it. The name is Mackenzie. Back then it was really uncommon, barely in the top 500. It slowly saw a rise in popularity and peaked in 2001, and is now slowly becoming less popular (but still safely in the top 100). I still love this name and it is one of my top baby names for a girl.
I don't care all that much about how trendy a name is, I just care if I like it. But for some reason it bothers me that I would be using this name 10+ years after it was "in." Like naming a baby girl "Jennifer" even though she was born in 1995. I also think part of the problem is that Mackenzie seems more popular than it is or ever was...maybe because of the upswing of Kinley/Kenzie/McNames?
What do you think? It's one of the only girl names my fiance and I agree on...and even though I love LOVE it, I have a slight bit of hesitation due to it seeming like it's past its prime.
As a name hobbyist, I definitely notice myself reacting in the way you describe: I'll hear of a baby born in 2011 named, say, Madison and I DO catch myself BRIEFLY having a reaction that could be transcribed as "Really??" Which is an obnoxious reaction for me to have, for two reasons:
1. Because the name Madison is still in the Top Ten, so I should not be/act surprised that I would still be encountering them regularly---especially considering my DEEPLY-FELT baby-naming philosophy that The Top 10 is Not the Kiss of Death. I PUSH people not to rule out names just because of popularity; I feel STRONGLY that it's an issue that should be considered but shouldn't be some sort of arbitrary deal-breaker ("It's our favorite name in the whole world AND it's my beloved grandmother's name AND my grandmother passed away on the day the baby was born---but we can't use it because we're not using any name in the Top 100 and it's #96!").
2. Because that reaction is totally obnoxious in EVERY situation where a person who is a hobbyist acts all disdainful of other people's choices. I HATE when someone who likes fashion is all, "NOBODY is wearing that style anymore" or "MOM JEANS." I HATE when a celebrity magazine mocks a celebrity for re-wearing an outfit. I HATE when someone makes a scoffy sound because someone has the point-three version of an electronic device instead of the point-four version. I hate when ANYONE acts as if only the NEWEST COOLEST FRESHEST has any merit at all---and it only counts as "newest/coolest/freshest" if no one else has discovered it yet. I remember seeing some program on how colors are chosen for each new season of clothes/make-up, and one of the nasty design people said something like, "By the time you know it's in style, it's NOT anymore" and I thought, "Oh yes? Well then, screw that game." And normally I am much more of a lady with my language.
I think the newest/coolest/freshest is particularly damaging in the world of baby names, where, unlike a pair of shoes you can donate and replace, a child's name is permanent. We get so many emails here saying things like "Our first child's name was UNHEARD OF when WE used it, but now it's EVERYWHERE"---with the implication that other people ruined the name by using it, and so now the parents are unhappy with it, even though they used to love it.
No. No no no. Names should not be chosen with the "By the time you know it's in style, it's NOT anymore" method. Names can be chosen in many ways and for many reasons, but that one is sheer folly---not only because a child's name is not this season's fashion accessory nor a way to make the users seem cooler than other people, but also because it WILL NOT WORK. If a name is going to elicit a positive/admiring reaction from hearers, it will also be USED BY OTHERS. Soon it will be last-season's purse, and there is nothing that can be done to prevent that. I seem to have drifted far from your question, but I'm coming back to it now: even if you switch to something more cutting-edge than Mackenzie so that the Name Freshness Police will not react to it negatively, THAT NAME TOO will drift from usage and will elicit the "Huh. Another _____" response. There is no winning the freshness game, which is why it's such a high-profit industry.
If, however, the freshness-date thing continues to bother you, there are a few things worth trying. This is one of the reasons I like The Baby Name Wizard so much: by sorting names into categories, she gives us an easy way to find names that are similar to the names we like---but with changes such as "but more common" or "but starting with a vowel" or whatever it is we're shooting for. Looking up Mackenzie, I see she has it in the Last Names First, Androgynous, and Celtic categories, so that gives a starting place for looking for names you might find you like just as well. Kerensa? Madigan? Fiona? Catriona? Tierney? Finola? Delaney? Ellery? Emerson? Mckinley? Padgett? Kimberlin? Waverly? Berkeley? Kennedy? Hillary? Evanie? Paisley? Brinley?
But I think it's more likely that you would look at names in the same style categories and think, "Well, I DO like some of those---but not as MUCH." In which case, it boils down to deciding how important the issue is for you. Some names fall (for all sorts of different reasons) on the "I'm heartbroken I can't use it!" side of the line, and those names can make good middle names: you still get to use it, but you don't have to worry about other people's reactions to it. Other names fall on the "I'm disappointed about this aspect of the name, but my love of the name trumps it" side of the line. Most names have SOME downside (duplicating an initial, too common/uncommon, it's the other parent's second choice instead of first choice, it's similar to a pet's name, it's the name of a disliked former classmate, it's biblical/non-biblical and we wanted non-biblical/biblical, a friend just used a similar name for her daughter, it's a bit of a style mismatch with another child's name, the rhythm isn't great with our surname, it makes initials that spell something innocuous but we'd rather the initials not spell anything---the list goes on forever) and yet we use the name anyway because even with its flaw it's better than all the other names.
To me, the name Mackenzie seems like a good candidate for ignoring a flaw. It started climbing up the ranks back in the 1980s, continued to climb in the 1990s---but then instead of taking either the "all the way to the Top Ten" fork or the "dropping back down rapidly" fork, it seems to be hovering pleasantly in the 40s-70s: nicely common, but not EVERYWHERE. And names such as Kenzie and Kinsley and Ainsley and Max keep the sounds sounding current. It reminds me of names such as Mikayla and Brianna and Bailey and Morgan: they've lost that smack of NEW! FRESH! DIFFERENT!---but they've taken off their coats and hats and seem to have settled in for a nice long visit. And if your tastes are like mine, you may be hoping to AVOID that new/fresh/different sound ANYWAY---knowing as we do how unlikely it is to be an enduring feature of the name.
On the other hand, one of my children has a name that had a path similar to Mackenzie's: when we used it, it had been quite popular for two decades and was finally drifting down in the ranks. But then instead of continuing to hover there, it has taken several LARGE steps down---and we've gotten the occasional reaction to the name that tells us we used it past its freshness date. It DOES bother me a little. Not a lot, but a little. It's not that I want to change his name (as with most names, it now seems to us it's The Only Name He Could Possibly Be), but I do wish it didn't have that one flaw. On the other hand, I feel like we were prepared for that when we used it, which makes a huge difference: I think it's only the people who go into such a thing unaware who are severely disappointed. You DO know about it, so if you choose to go ahead with it anyway, I'd predict that you'd have similar feelings to mine: still occasionally feeling a little disappointed that the name was past its peak when we used it, but loving the name anyway and not feeling like the issue is a HUGE issue.